Fastening device



Jan. 20, 1925. I 1,523,694 J. H. KULOW FASTENING DEVICE Fi 1 ed May 31'. 1924 INVENTOR 156 5312 010..

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JOHN H. KULOW', OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

FASTENING DEVICE.

Application filed May 31, 1924-.

To all 10710122 it may concern:

Be it known that I, .loHN H. Konow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Fastening Device, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to fastening devices, particularly that class of such devices as are especially adapted to use on neck ties of the ready tied type, and has for its general object to provide a device of the type stated which is cheap to manufacture and simple and practically and certainly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

In previously designed devices of the gen eral type stated effort has been made to use bent wire features, metal structures, cumbersome and unsightly and with which spe cial buttons had to be used, and other structures impractical for various reasons. The need for a really practical fastening is most logically and plainly apparent at this time. All must agree that it is possible to manufacture a ready tied neck-tie having a bow more perfect and symmetrical than those tied by hand; also, that the use of such ties will effect an improvement in dress appearance and a great saving, eliminating the time necessary to tie the tie by hand at each wearing. Obviously therefore the reason such ties have not become more popular and in common use lies in the poorly designed, impractical fastening means designed heretofore. These previously designed fastenings are impractical for many reasons in that they distort and wear the collars and shirt portions and frequently cause the neck-ties they are used on to'appear unsightly and often embarrassment by loss thereof at a most inopportuue moment.

Therefore, in its more detailed nature, the invention seeks to provide a simple and practical fastening device which may be secured to the neck-tie in a manner facilitating easy manipulation in application or removal of the tie, which may be readily applied over any conventional type of collar button, and which, when applied thereto cannot become displaced or lost without anticipated action. The invention further Serial No. 717,080.

provides a feature of construction whereby the application of the device is more easy to effect than the removal thereof.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention further resides in those novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described, then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, refer ones being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross section showing the invention applied over a collar button.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section of the fastening device, per se, illustratingthe increased spring strength in case of removal over that of application.

Figures 4. and 5 are plan and perspective views of the metal blank from which the main form of the invention is shaped up and the finished device respectively.

Figures 6 and T are views similar to Figures 4 and 5 of a modified form of the invention.

Figures 8 and 9 are views similar to Figures ti: and 5 of a further modified form of the invention.

Figures 10 and 11 are views similar to Figures l and 5 of a still further modified form of the invention.

In the drawing, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 represents the relatively long body of the fastening device which is preferably adapted to be formed from a single sheet of thin spring metal.

The body is formed to include an enlarged head portion 2, preferably rounded for neatness of appearance, which said head portion is apertured as at 3, to readily receive, or rather permit the slipping of the device over, the collar button head.

The body 1 has a shank receiving cutout 4; extended centrally of the same and merging with the aperture 3. It will be observed from Figure l of the drawing that the blank from which the device is formed has an extension forming a. shank 5 adapted to be bent back over the body 1 and being of a width to freely fit the cut-out portion 4 thereof, see Figure 5. This shank isformed to include a head 6 which extends into the aperture 3 for the purpose of yieldably restricting the same.

That end of the body 1 remote from the head portion 2 is provided with one or more securing apertures 7 for facilitating the sewing of the device, as at 8, to the rear face of the bow 9 of a neck-tie 10 of the ready tied type, see Figures 1 and 2. Thus sewing the device, at one end only, permits grasping the free end thereof to greatly facilitate attachment of the necktie as indicated in the said Figure 1. The side Wings of the necktie are designated 11 Itwill be observed, by reference to Figures 3 and 5, that the cut-out portion l extendsonly part way down the body 1. The remaining metal 12 at that end of the body'l serves to provide an abutment for retarding free movement of the shank in that direction. 7 7

11111115 manner greater shank leverage is provided at one side of the device than a at the other.

The arrows on Figure 8 indicate this feature clearly, and by reference to this figure it will be seen that the shank isfree to move its full length on that side towardcthe neck-tie bow, (compare with Figure 2) but is retarded, and the leverage thereof shortened as at 12, in movement in the opposite direction. By this arrange ment, it is very easy to apply the neck-tie and fastener but more diflicult to remove the same, making undesired displacement or loss thereof impossible.

As indicated in Figures 6 to 11 of the drawing, many modifications of the invention maybe made without transcending the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims, and it is to be understood" 7 that the conception of the invention comprehends other uses therefor than heretofore specified, as for example, use on garters or the like and on packages and small containers as a fastening means therefor. In

the form shown in Figures 6 and 7, the shank 5 is provided by the parallel slits 13,

the shank abutment being formed by pro 'viding an extension 14: adapted to be bent back over the body 1 and the said shank 5 for that purpose.v In this form the securing apertures may be positioned in the lateral ears 15.

In the form shown in Figures 8 and 9, the

apertured head portion of the body 1 is shown as square in form, while the shank 5 is formed by the parallel slits 17. In this form, a single cross aperture 18 is shown which may accommodate a tape or ribbon which may be sewed to the neck-tie instead of sewing directly through apertures in the metal body.

In the form shown in Figures and 11,

the shank 5 andthie head 6 thereof are formed by slits 19 and the securing apertures of the body 1 are formed in the bevelled corners 20 thereof.

' T111188 the wearer, wishing to apply necktie equipped with the fastening device, will grasp the fastener body between the thumb and fore finger of'the left hand, and, using the thumb of the right to support or force forward the collar button, will slip the aperture 3 downwardly rearwardly over the head of the collar button, see Figure 1. The head 6 of the shank will be displaced sufficiently top-ass the collar button head, when it will snap back and lock the neck-tie to position until the operation is reversed by a forward upward pull on the said attachn'ieiit. As before stated, the action of affix ing the neck-tie is more free than itsv removal due to the peculiar arrangement of shank 5 and abutment 12.

By reasonof securing the fastener at the end tliei'eof remote from the head portion 52, and the provision of the relatively long body, it is possible to apply the neck-tie over the collar'button either before or after the collar has been fastened, which is J an adolarged head portion provided with ahead re- .ceiving aperture, the said body having a shank receiving cut-out portion in the same and securing apertures adjacent the end thereof remote from the head portion, and a shank adapted to lie in the, cut-out portion therefor and having an enlarged head pro jcctii g into the head receiving aperture.

2. A device of the class described comprising, a relatively long body having a head portion provided Wlilll' a head receiving aperture, the said body having ashank -i'e:'

ceiving cut-out portion in the sameand securing .apertui'esad aCent the end thereof remote from the head portion, a shank adapted to lie in the cut-out portion therefor and having a head projecting into the head receiving aperture, and means providing an abutment resisting movement of the shank in one direction, the said shank being free to move in the other direction.

3. A device of the class describedadapted to be formed from a single sheet of thin spring metal to comprise a relatively long body portion having an apertured head portion and a long shank receiving cut-out merging with the aperture, and an extended shank portion adapted to be bent back upon the body portion and to lie inthe cut-out thereof and having a head extending'int'o ill the said apertures, the said long cut-out portion stopping short of the end of the long body opposite the head portion, the metal remaining because thereof constituting an abutment for the shank, the said body having securing apertures adjacent the end last stated.

4:. The combination with a neck-tie of the ready tied type, of a fastening device com prising a relatively long body having a head portion provided with an enlarged head re ceiving aperture, the said body having a shank receiving cut-out portion in the same and securing apertures adjacent the end thereof remote from the head portion, a shank adapted to lie in the cut-out portion therefor and having an enlarged head projecting into the head receiving aperture, the said fastener being secured to the rear of the neck-tie bow by sewing threads through the securing apertures and the adjacent material of the said bow, thereby providing for limited movement of the neck-tie from and toward the fastening device on the sewn-connection.

5. The combination with a neck-tie of the ready tied type, of a fastening device comprising a relatively long body having a head portion provided with a head receiving aperture, the said body having a shank receiving cut-out portion in the same and securing apertures adjacent the end thereof remote from the head portion, a shank adapted to lie in the cut-out portion therefor and having a head projecting into the head receiving aperture, means providing an abutment resisting movement of the shank in one direction, the said shank being free to move in the other direction, the said fastener being positioned with the shank free-moving side toward the neck-tie bow and being secured to the rear of the necktie bow by sewing threads through the securing apertures and the adjacent material of the said bow.

JOHN H. KULOW. 

